Green ICT tips

Green ICT
Did You Know……..
The
global
information
and
communications
technology
(ICT)
industry accounts for approximately 2
percent of global carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions, a figure equivalent to
aviation" - Gartner 2007.
18% of office workers never switch off their
PC at night or weekends, and a further
13% leave it on some nights each week,
producing about 700,000 tons of CO2
emissions (equivalent to the annual
emissions of a typical gas-fired power
station) - World Economic Forum Green
Technology 2009 Report
Did You Know……..
A photocopier which is left switched on overnight needs the
same amount of energy as it does to make 1500 photocopies.
[Experton 2007]
With the fast growth of ICT application in
business operation and people’s daily life, the
total electricity consumption of ICT and other
consumer electronics worldwide is predicted
to double by 2022 compared to the level in
2010, while tripled by 2030 to 1,700 tera (trillion)
watts – Gadgets and Gigawatts: Policies for
Energy Efficient Electronics
Did You Know……..
The total footprint of the ICT sector – including personal
computers (PCs) and peripherals, telecoms networks and
devices and data centres –
was estimated at 830 MtCO2e,
about 2% of the estimated total
emissions from human activity in 2007.
Even if the efficient technology
developments are implemented,
this figure seems to grow at 6% each year until 2020. SMART 2020 Report
Did You Know……..
At least 240 kilograms of fossil fuels, 22
kilograms of chemicals and 1,500
kilograms of water are required to
produce one desktop computer. Computer Aid International
Only 20 percent of total energy use goes into running a computer;
the rest is in its manufacture. - Computer Aid International
Greener
Computer use
Tips for Greener Computer use
 1 Turn off your computer sets (CPU, monitor,
printer and peripherals), when not in use –
as this will save energy.
 2 Plug your computer into a surge protector with a master control
outlet, which automatically senses when the computer is not in use and
cuts power to it and all your peripherals.
 3 Enable the standby/sleep mode and power management settings on
your computer.
4 Avoid using screen savers because it does not reduce energy use.
5 Configure your printer settings to economy mode as this will save ink
and energy
Tips for Greener Computer use
 6 Reuse and repair ICT equipment before
replacing.
 7 Choose dark backgrounds for your
screen display—bright-colored displays
consume more power.
Tips for Greener Computer use
 8 Use LCD monitors instead of CRT as they provide
up to 70% power savings. The smaller the size of a
LCD monitor, the lesser the energy it consumes.
 9 Purchase an Energy Star–compliant computer.
Note that laptop models use much less energy than desktop units.
 10 Buy multi-functional equipments for tasks such as printing, faxing,
copying and scanning as multi-functional equipments save up to 50%
in space and 20% in energy.
 11 Buy inks which are made from renewable resources (e.g. vegetable
and non-petroleum products), as it uses less hazardous solvents, and
also produce brighter, cleaner colors.
 12 Consider switching to thin client machines and notebooks as these
equipments use less energy than desktop PCs.
Tips for Greener Computer use
 13 Read and review documents and e-mails on
screen instead of printing on papers
 14 Buy and use recycled paper for your printers
and copiers.
 15 Use double-sided printing functionality of your printer to save paper
and energy.
 16 Use scanned documents instead of printed documents.
 17 Use e-mail, instant messaging (e.g. Skype) and e-services such as
online banking instead of traditional form of communication.
Green Printing
Guidelines
Green Printing Guidelines
• Reduce your paper use.
• Lower consumption by emailing drafts, notes, and newsletters instead of
printing them.
• Edit documents online instead of printing drafts.
• Reduce your margins when printing
• No Goldenrod, Fluorescents, or bright-colored paper.
• One important way to reduce waste is to print on recyclable paper.
• Many people don’t know that Goldenrod, Fluorescents, and bright
colors are not recyclable because of the strong dyes used to make them.
• For your next meeting or event, please choose paper that is recyclable.
• Printer Use.
• Use recycled toner cartridges for laser printers.
• Print double sided and on 100% post-consumer paper.
• Turn off the printer when not in use.
Top 10 Ways to
Reduce Power
Consumption of
PCs
Top 10 Ways to Reduce Power
Consumption of PCs
1) Use computer and monitor power
management. Doing so can reduce
carbon emissions and energy costs.
2) Don’t use a screen saver. Screen savers
are not necessary on modern monitors
and studies show they actually
consume more energy than allowing
the monitor to dim when it’s not in use.
3) Buying a new computer? Make energy
efficiency a priority while shopping for
your PC and monitor. Look for the
ENERGY STAR label www.epeat.net
or browse the Climate Savers
Computing
product
catalogue.
www.climatesaverscomputing.org/reso
urces/product-catalog
Top 10 Ways to Reduce Power
Consumption of PCs
4) Turn down the brightness setting on your monitor. The
brightest setting on a monitor can consume twice the
power used by the dimmest setting. Note that on most
laptop computers, the display is the single largest
consumer of energy.
5) Turn off peripherals such as printers, scanners and
speakers when not in use.
6) Fight phantom power; plug all your electronics
into one power strip
and turn the strip off
when you are finished using your computer.
When
feasible, we also recommend
unplugging the power strip from the wall to
avoid high voltage surges which may occur
during an electrical storm.
Top 10 Ways to Reduce Power
Consumption of PCs
7) Use a laptop instead of a desktop. Laptops typically consume less power
than desktops.
8) Close unused applications and turn off your monitor when you’re not using
it.
9) Use a power meter to find out how much energy your computer actually
consumes and to calculate your actual savings.
10) Establish multiple power schemes to address the different ways you use
your computer. For example, you can create a power scheme for playing
music CDs that shuts off your hard drive and monitor immediately, but
never puts your system into standby mode